Matugowie Family Archive

collection Matugowie Family Archive
authors Franciszek Matug
starring Maria Matug; Maria Matug z domu Sikora; Magdalena Matug; Aleksander Matug; Stanisław Matug
length 05'56
country Poland
format 8 mm
color black and white
signature PAFD 0030 001
description

The author of the films is Franciszek Matug, born in 1926 in Zalasowa (Lesser Poland Voivodeship). A son of Maria and Błażej. He came from a peasant family. During the war, he fought in the Home Army units and Peasant Battalions. Immediately after the end of the war, he came to Niedomice (Lesser Poland Voivodeship) to work on the construction of the Cellulose Plant, where he met his future wife, Maria Sikora. In the 60s, he became a chemical engineer. In later years, he worked at the “Galwa” Haberdashery Products Plant in Tarnów. He died in a car accident in 1982.

The 60s. Open-air shots, taken near the Matug family home in Niedomice, a village located in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, 18 km from Tarnów. The shots show Magdalena, Franciszek Matug’s daughter, and her mother, Maria, playing in front of the house. Magdalena runs outside the house. Maria approaches the cow standing in the yard and cleans its coat. Shots of the house in Niedomice. Scenes in the field: a grazing cow, running children, boys pulling branches, lighting a fire. The shots show Magdalena, her brothers (Olek and Staszek), their mother (Maria) and children from the neighborhood. Shots of the house in Niedomice and the neighbouring houses. Neighbours in the garden. Shots from a moving car. Scenes from outside the house. Magdalena stands in front of the house. Next to her we can see domestic birds, a goose and a chicken. Maria, Magdalena’s grandmother, crosses the road leading to the house. The 70s. Views from the village: a row of willows growing in the field, chickens, a man on a walk with a dog. Easter. A group of children with Easter baskets walks along a road. A man and a girl, carrying a basket, walk down a road. A short shot of a woman in a scarf walking down the road.

(PB)

 

keywords Poland  Niedomice  village  house  cow  family  field  bonfire  goose  chicken  willows  Easter  Easter basket 
source of funding Ministry of Culture and National Heritage